The Byzantine Empire

An infectious disease that spreads easily and causes widespread death.

• monopoly

• plague

• decline

• siege

The control of making or selling a service or product by one person or group.

• relic

• Justian Code

• monopoly

• icon

An outdoor arena designated for horse and chariot racing and other large public events in the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

• The Coliseum

• The Hippodrome

• Circus Maximus

• Justinian Code

A gradual failure or slow loss of strength and power.

• incline

• decline

• monopoly

• relic

Art image representing a sacred figure in Christianity, such as Jesus or any of the saints.

• relic

• icon

• mosaic

• The Twelve Tables

A messenger or government representative who is sent on a special mission, often to a foreign land.

• siege

• ally

• envoy

• inflation

A military strategy of surrounding an enemy’s city or fortress and cutting off the supplies.

• envoy

• siege

• ally

• inflation

A sacred object, such as a body part or item associated with a saint.

• relic

• icon

• mosaic

• Justinian Code

The set of Roman laws organized, explained, and expanded under Byzantine emperor Justinian I that later influenced legal systems in many countries.

• The Twelve Tables

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Golden Rule

• Justinian Code

A continuous rise in prices of goods or the decline in the power of money to purchase goods.

• deflation

• inflation

• taxes

• monopoly